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19 Dec Amendments to the Environmental Powers of Municipalities

Posted at 17:15h in Cumulative Effects, Environmental Rights, Land Use, Market Based Instruments, Municipal Government Act, Public Participation, Sustainable Communities by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Amendments to the Environmental Powers of Municipalities: What has Changed? What Changes are on their Way? Municipal powers for environmental protection and stewardship Municipalities play a key role in managing and protecting Alberta’s environment through...

10 Oct It’s a wrap: Hockey Fights and Contaminated Sites

Posted at 20:52h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Cumulative Effects, Energy, Environmental Assessment, Environmental Rights, Land Use, Municipal Government Act, Pollution & Emissions, Sustainable Communities by Kara Tersen 0 Comments

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A wrap-up from October 3rd Green Regs 'n' Ham Who landed in the penalty box? Tackling a topic that is of increasing concern to Albertans was on the agenda for an early...

22 Dec Market-Based Instruments & the Alberta Land Stewardship Act

Posted at 15:28h in Cumulative Effects, Land Use, Market Based Instruments, Municipal Government Act, Nature and Biodiversity, Parks & Recreation, Public Participation, Sustainable Communities by Environmental Law Centre 0 Comments

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Market-Based Instruments & the Alberta Land Stewardship Act The ELC is publishing a series of four volumes concerning Market-Based Instruments & the Alberta Land Stewardship Act. This work is to encourage the...

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13 Sep The collateral costs of abandoned wells

Posted at 16:04h in Climate and Energy, Energy, Land Use, Pollution & Emissions by Jason Unger 1 Comment

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The collateral costs of abandoned wells By Chinomso Iliya-Ndule & Jason Unger When a headline starts with “Taxpayers could be on hook…” people take notice (–funnily enough the headline changed during the...

09 Jun Buying a Better Environment? Market-based instruments and property law

Posted at 15:28h in Land Use, Market Based Instruments by Environmental Law Centre 0 Comments

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Buying a Better Environment? Market-based instruments and property law As part of our ongoing work on Market-Based Instruments, the Environmental Law Centre is pleased to introduce two new backgrounders to assist...

27 Apr Alberta Energy Regulator issues its Model for Regulatory Excellence

Posted at 19:42h in Cumulative Effects, Energy, Land Use, Public Participation by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Alberta Energy Regulator issues its Model for Regulatory Excellence The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has recently issued The Alberta Model for Regulatory Excellence (the “Alberta Model”). The Alberta Model is based...

03 Mar Buying a Better Environment?

Posted at 19:30h in Land Use, Market Based Instruments by Adam Driedzic 0 Comments

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Buying a Better Environment? Market-Based Instruments Project Backgrounder Now Available In Alberta, the Alberta Land Stewardship Act (ALSA) enables the use of Market-Based Instruments (MBIs) for conservation and stewardship purposes. However,...

04 Feb Biodiversity Management Framework

Posted at 19:25h in Cumulative Effects, Land Use, Nature and Biodiversity by Jason Unger 1 Comment

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Biodiversity Management Framework The Environmental Law Centre (ELC) has been involved with the Land Use Framework (LUF) and Alberta Land Stewardship Act (ALSA) from the beginning. Its activities have included commenting...

12 Nov Conservation directives: an unknown and untested tool

Posted at 17:53h in Cumulative Effects, Land Use, Species at Risk, Water by Jason Unger 0 Comments

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Conservation directives: an unknown and untested tool When we think of protecting Alberta’s landscapes there are a variety of tools that are quite well understood and used: parks on public land,...

19 Oct Quick update on Municipal Government Act Review Update

Posted at 17:24h in Land Use, Municipal Government Act, Sustainable Communities by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Quick update on Municipal Government Act Review Update Earlier in the year, prior to the provincial election, several amendments to the Municipal Government Act (MGA) were passed with a stated intention...

13 May Our North Saskatchewan Region: ELC launches regional plan information website (but will there be a plan?)

Posted at 09:57h in Land Use by Jason Unger 0 Comments

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Our North Saskatchewan Region: ELC launches regional plan information website (but will there be a plan?) Where will the province's regional plans be going with the new government? It’s anyone’s guess at...

17 Apr Fracking Fall Out

Posted at 11:07h in Cumulative Effects, Energy, Land Use, Pollution & Emissions by Adam Driedzic 0 Comments

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Fracking Fall Out Controversial spin-off industries expose gaps in regulation Click Here for some media coverage about a dispute over the storage of fracking sand in Penhold, Alberta. Here is some more coverage...